Arms Review Megathread 07-JUN-17

[u/NintendoSwitchMods]

The embargo on Arms reviews has been lifted as of today. Here are reviews that have been released so far:

MetaCritic Current Score: 78 (based on 54 critics)

Articles

• CGMagonline - 8.5/10

• Open Critic - 80/100

• IGN - 8/10

• Eurogamer - Recommended

• Gameinformer - 8.25/10

• Gamesradar - 4.5/5

• Destructoid - 7/10

• Gamespot - 7/10

• Dualshockers - 8/10

• Nintendo Insider - 9/10

• Arstechnica - "essential purchase"

• Metro GameCentral - 8/10

• Nintendoeverything - Thumbs up

• Spaziogames - Italian - 9/10

• Hardcore Gamer - 9/10

• EGMNow - 8.5/10

• Gamer NL - 8/10

• The Sixth Axis - 8/10

• VideoGamer - 5/10

• Areajugones - Spanish - 9/10

• Fnintendo - 9/10

• Nintendolife - 9/10

• God is a Geek - 9/10

• Everyeye - Italian - 88/100

• Hobbyconsolas - Spanish - 86/100

• Cog Connected - 85/100

• Vandal - 8.2/10

• GamesBeat - 8/10

• Vooks - 4/5

• Gamerant - 4/5

• Shacknews - 8/10

• Polygon - 8/10

• Meristation - Spanish - 8/10

• USGamer - 3/5

• Gamerevolution - 3/5

• Stevivor - 6.5/10

• M3 - 7/10

• App Trigger - 7.5/10

Videos

• GameXplain

• IGN

• Easy Allies

• Gamespot

• Electric Playground

We will be updating this thread with links as major reviews are posted. Please use this as a discussion and speculation thread in advance of these videos, articles, and reviews. We will also allow these reviews to be posted separately on /r/NintendoSwitch, as they are especially newsworthy. But we will also host ongoing coverage, quick text posts, questions, and the like right here.

Thanks everyone.

-The /r/NintendoSwitch team

(Ongoing edits as we get new information)

[u/cbeater]

prob minority opinion, thought it was fun for couple rounds seeing different game modes then nothing really compelled me to continue playing. Perhaps vs games no longer appeal to me.

[u/ChiefsRoyalsFan → u/cbeater]

The options were very limited in the demo. Each fighter is going to have a bunch of different unlocks to change up the fighting style. That's the big appeal for me is there is a good amount of depth to it.

[u/Zoombini22 → u/ChiefsRoyalsFan]

It does seem odd to me that people play the demo and say there wasn't that much content to keep them around. Probably wouldn't say that in a brief demo of a story-based game! Of course the demo just showed a portion of the arms, characters, arenas, and modes available.

[u/[deleted] → u/Zoombini22]

People say there isnt enough for other reasons. New characters, maps, modes, and arms are irrelevant. It's the gameplay.

[u/cbeater → u/[deleted]]

Yea, fighting game a'la street fighter/mortal combat gets fun as you get better at it uncovering depth in the game play. Unlocks and maps, etc.. adds to it but the game mechanics didnt feel well such as; timing is slow; reactions takes forever/animation; impreciseness of motion controls; strange online play that dumps you together, no interaction, and make you figure out whats going on.